| Re: American Gods ?
I think basically Gaiman is getting recognized for all these awards because his earlier works (eg. Sandman) did not receive much critical attention (except for World Fantasy Award.) Now he's the coolest kid on the street, everyone has awknowledged how awesome his earlier works were, so everyone wants to give him stuff.
Just my theory.
I might sound bitter because I was temendously disappointed by Anasi Boys. Just seemed overall poor and rushed (like it should have been a short story that horrifically got extended, and Neil felt like he had to reference every English comedic writer he was ever influenced by.) Coraline is also fairly derivative - SPOILERS-
alternate version of self in alternate universe has been around for a long time, but maybe I've just read to many comic books. I think I read my first comic book with an evil doppleganger from an alternate universe when I was about 8. (It was SUperman and the Flash teamed up to stop someone from destroying the Universe, and everything is fixed by Superman pushing the world around backwards one full rotation - thus back in time - if anyone can tell me what issue and comic that was, it would be greatly appreciated.
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